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Data mining made simple for curious minds

Data mining is more than just crunching numbers—it’s about turning raw data into meaningful knowledge. From finding hidden shopping trends to predicting future outcomes, it blends art and science.
Visual Studio Magazine

Data Clustering Using a Self-Organizing Map (SOM) with C#

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research presents a full-code, step-by-step tutorial on technique for visualizing and clustering data. A self-organizing map (SOM) is a data structure that can be used ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Clustering Mixed Categorical and Numeric Data Using k-Means with C#

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research presents a full-code, step-by-step tutorial on a "very tricky" machine learning technique. Data clustering is the process of grouping data items together so ...